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Item 28713

Temporary repairs to the Locomobile Steamer, ca. 1911

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1911 Media: Photographic print

Item 76977

'Bowdoin' beached for repairs, 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Media: Transparency

Item 13792

Waldo-Hancock Bridge repairs, 1960

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1960 Location: Prospect; Verona Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 96566

187-191 Veranda Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Norton Dyer Repair Co. Use: Service Garage

Item 74962

Car Repair Shop, Thompsons Point, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Use: Car Repair Shop

Item 36853

99 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Enoch C Richards Use: Garage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109688

Garage for Imperial Automobile Repair Co., Skowhegan, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Skowhegan Client: Imperial Automobile Repair Co. Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Item 109123

Limestone Air Force Base aircraft maintenance & repair shop, Limestone, 1947-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947–1951 Location: Limestone Client: United States Air Force Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 111338

House for Daniel F. Emery Jr., 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Client: Daniel F. Emery, Jr. Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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John Burton with weeding spade, ca. 1900

Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

Exhibit

Miriam and Donald MacMillan, Greenland, 1947

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Exhibit

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.